Charles Fenton Towne

Puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase limits MHC class I presentation in dendritic cells but does not affect CD8 T cell responses during viral infections (2008)

Towne, Charles Fenton, York, Ian A., Neijssen, Joost J., Karow, Margaret L., Murphy, Andrew J., Valenzuela, David M., ...

Previous experiments using enzyme inhibitors, cell lysates, and purified enzyme have suggested that puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase (PSA) plays a role in creating and destroying MHC class...

Analysis of the role of bleomycin hydrolase in antigen presentation and the generation of CD8 T cell responses (2007)

Towne, Charles Fenton, York, Ian A., Watkins, Levi B., Lazo, John S., Rock, Kenneth L.

Long oligopeptides (>10 residues) are generated during the catabolism of cellular proteins in the cytosol. To be presented to T cells, such peptides must be trimmed by aminopeptidases to the proper...

Analysis of the role of bleomycin hydrolase in antigen presentation and the generation of CD8 T cell responses (2007)

Towne, Charles Fenton, York, Ian A., Watkins, Levi B., Lazo, John S., Rock, Kenneth L.

Long oligopeptides (>10 residues) are generated during the catabolism of cellular proteins in the cytosol. To be presented to T cells, such peptides must be trimmed by aminopeptidases to the...

Endoplasmic reticulum aminopeptidase 1 (ERAP1) trims MHC class I-presented peptides in vivo and plays an important role in immunodominance (2006)

York, Ian A., Brehm, Michael A., Zendzian, Sophia, Towne, Charles Fenton, Rock, Kenneth L.

CD8(+) T cells respond to short peptides bound to MHC class I molecules. Although most antigenic proteins contain many sequences that could bind to MHC class I, few of these peptides actually...

Analysis of the Role of Cytosolic Aminopeptidases in the Generation of MHC-Class I Presented Peptides: a Dissertation (2006)

Towne, Charles Fenton

To detect viral infections and tumors, CD8 T lymphocytes monitor cells for the presence of antigenic peptides bound to MHC class I molecules. The majority of MHC class I-presented peptides are...

Leucine aminopeptidase is not essential for trimming peptides in the cytosol or generating epitopes for MHC class I antigen presentation (2005)

Towne, Charles Fenton, York, Ian A., Neijssen, Joost J., Karow, Margaret L., Murphy, Andrew J., Valenzuela, David M., ...

To detect viral infections and tumors, CD8+ T lymphocytes monitor cells for the presence of antigenic peptides bound to MHC class I molecules. The majority of MHC class I-presented peptides are...